BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)

PROTOSTOMIA
(protostomes)

ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

HEXAPODA
(hexapods)

INSECTA
(insects)

PTERYGOTA
(winged insects)

Neoptera
(an infraclass of insects)

Exopterygota
(insects with wings developing externally)

HOMOPTERA
(bugs)

COCCOIDEA
(scale insects, coccids)

MONOPLEBIDAE
(giant scales)

Monoplebidae
is also a member of:

Invertebrates
(via Arthropoda)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

MONOPLEBIDAE (giant scales)

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon

Species

Icerya purchasi (Fluted Scale, Cottony Cushion Scale)

1

Suggested Literature

MONOPLEBIDAE may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

INSECTA
(insects)

HOMOPTERA
(bugs)

COCCOIDEA
(scale insects, coccids)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 feeding and other relationships of MONOPLEBIDAE (giant scales)

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